Patient–primary care provider language concordance tied to better outcomes
Jul 02, 2024
The findings were seen for non-English and non-French speakers living in Canada.
Multivitamin use not linked to mortality benefit in US adults
Jun 26, 2024
No association was seen for multivitamin use with lower all-cause mortality risk in first or second halves of follow-up.
Few with type 2 diabetes receive guideline-recommended CKD screening
Jul 01, 2024
24.9 percent received creatinine and UACR screening; Hispanic ethnicity associated with lack of screening
Substituting lower-wage staff for registered nurses tied to worse outcomes
Jun 25, 2024
Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings.
Vigorous physical activity may preserve cognitive function in high-risk HTN
Jun 24, 2024
High versus low vigorous physical activity was linked to a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment, probable dementia and MCI/probable dementia in a multivariate model.
Medically advised aspirin use lower in 2021 than 2012 to 2017
Jun 24, 2024
Compared with 2012 to 2017, in 2021, medically advised aspirin use for primary prevention was lower (19.3 versus 27.6 to 31.2% among adults aged 60 to 69 years; 30.6 versus 38.35 to 41.6% among those aged...
Racial differences seen in financial hardship among older cancer survivors
Jul 01, 2024
Income and area-level disadvantage are the largest contributors to racial differences.
Walking, education intervention prevents recurrence of low back pain
Jun 28, 2024
There was a 94% probability that the intervention was cost-effective, with a willingness-to-pay threshold of $28,000.
Timing of metformin important in metformin-treated type 2 diabetes
Jun 21, 2024
Glucose lowering is greater when metformin is given before rather than with enteral glucose; this is also linked to greater GLP-1 response.
Dementia with Lewy bodies risk down with α-1 adrenergic receptor antagonists
Jun 19, 2024
The risk for developing dementia with Lewy bodies was lower for men newly started on Tz/Dz/Az compared with those taking tamsulosin or 5ARI.